Groundwater management fees are no longer just a future issue for California winegrowers. Basins in Napa Valley, Sonoma Valley, and the Santa Ynez/CMA area already have fee structures tied to groundwater management. In the Napa Valley Subbasin, Recovered Water Solutions, a Winesecrets company, can help wineries and growers identify opportunities to annually save over $60 per acre on local groundwater sustainability fees.
| Planted acreage | Potential annual savings |
|---|---|
| 250 acres | $15,040 |
| 500 acres | $30,080 |
| 1,000 acres | $60,160 |
On this and related water-cost issues, Recovered Water Solutions works with wineries and processors to better understand water use, identify loss points, and develop practical recovery and reuse strategies that improve cost control, efficiency, and long-term resilience.
Call or email Eric@winesecrets.com for more information about our water recovery and resuse services. Or visit recwatersolutions.com.
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Explore how Winesecrets' selective dealcoholization process delivers premium No/Lo wines without compromising what makes them wine:
- Selective membrane separation — Our Reverse Osmosis process extracts only water, alcohol, and acetic acid. Color, tannin, body, and structure stay behind the membrane, untouched.
- Complete aromatic protection — Delicate volatile compounds are physically retained by the membrane throughout the entire process. There is no need to "capture" or "add back" aromatics since they're never lost in the first place.
- No heat contact with your wine — Only the water-ethanol permeate fraction is distilled. Your wine is maintained at cellar temperature from start to finish.
- Minimal volume loss — With an average loss of just 1.25%, more of your wine comes back to bottle and sell.
- Trial to production scale — Start with a Test Track bench trial on as little as a 750ml sample to taste your wine at multiple ABV targets, then scale to full production with confidence.
Call or email Cameron@winesecrets.com for more information about our Dealcoholization services or visit Winesecrets.com.
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Winesecrets provides precision wine adjustment and remediation services that help winemakers protect quality, meet market targets, and reduce risk. Our offerings include alcohol adjustment and dealcoholization, selective taint remediation (smoke, Brett, green character), and Test Track bench trials—allowing producers to taste outcomes before committing to treatment. Science-driven. Flavor-first. Decision-ready.
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Discover unparalleled precision in Alcohol Removal!
Explore how our state of the art dealcoholization process...
- Employs meticulously selective membranes - Our process extracts only water, alcohol, and acetic acid.
- Retains volatile phenolics - No need to "capture" or "add back" any volatile compounds when our process protects and preserves your most delicate wine characteristics in the first place.
- Removes without heat - Your wine is never heated! Only the water-ethanol fraction is distilled, ensuring your wine is maintained at cellar temperature throughout the alcohol removal process.
- Minimizes volume loss - With an average loss of just 1.25%, we send you back more of your wine to bottle and sell!
- Scales from Trial to Production volumes - Schedule a Test Track service on our bench scale equipment prior to full scale dealcoholization.
Call or email Cameron@winesecrets.com for more information about our Dealcoholization services or visit Winesecrets.com.
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Elevate your fortification and sanitation programs with High Proof Grape Spirit distilled from California wine.
For specialized applications, choose from our family of grape spirits:
- Vira-Proof (140 Proof) – Ready-to-use sanitizing spray formulated with reverse osmosis water.
- Original Blend (170 Proof) – Moderately clean, fruity character ideal for general wine fortification and cellar sanitation.
- Premium Blend (184 Proof) – Re-distilled for an exceptionally clean, fruity profile, perfect for premium wine fortification, port production, and tincture making.
All of our high proof grape spirit is derived entirely from sound, quality wine — designed for precision, purity, and performance across cellar and production uses.
Samples available by request.
Call or email Travis@winesecrets.com for more information about our wine filtration services or visit Winesecrets.com.
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Sebastopol, CA - April 17, 2025 - American Winesecrets, LLC. (Winesecrets), a leading provider of wine alcohol reduction and other specialized wine filtration technologies announces that Cameron Caldwell has joined the company as our Operations Manager at the Sebastopol, CA headquarters. Mr. Caldwell has over four years of experience in the field of specialized separation technology for wine production, and over seven years of experience in winemaking and wine chemistry, to include roles in France, Australia, and New Zealand. He brings with him a high degree of wine chemistry and winery operation expertise.
Caldwell received a BS in Chemistry from the University of Minnesota, Duluth campus. He also holds a Certificate in Winemaking from the University of California at Davis. Cameron most recently served as the Director of Operations at BevZero, and is deeply knowledgeable about alcohol reduction in wine, and the development of “No-Alc” flavor profiles.
“I'm thrilled to join the team at Winesecrets in Sebastopol, California, a company renowned for its legacy of innovation in the wine industry.,” says Caldwell. “I'm especially excited to contribute to their groundbreaking work in non-alcoholic wine production and advanced wine taint treatment technologies.”
“Cameron will be of great value to our alcohol removal customers and their requirements” stated Eric T. Dahlberg, President of Winesecrets. “I am deeply gratified that a professional of Mr. Caldwell’s skill and experience would choose to become part of our company.”
About The Winesecrets Companies
The Winesecrets Companies include Winesecrets, Recovered Water Solutions, and Engineered Filtration Solutions. Winesecrets offers outsourced wine production services, including VA, smoke and other taint removal, alcohol reduction, taint removal by Molecularly Imprinted Polymer, high-proof alcohol sales, Test Track wine assessment services, and a variety of wine treatment technologies. To learn more about these services, please contact Winesecrets at 1.888.656.5553, or via email at Travis@winesecrets.com. Visit Winesecrets on the web at www.winesecrets.com.
amaea are proud to announce their partnership with Winesecrets, a long-standing service provider for U.S wineries. With amaea’s innovative, molecular filtration technology in hand, U.S winemakers will now be able to recover more value from smoke impacted wine, without the need for excessive intervention.
What does this partnership mean for winemakers?
- Value recovery: Remediate smoke impacted wine with greater potential to bring it back to its intended program.
- Tailored sensory outcomes: Achieve desired sensory outcomes and bring out the best from your wine with adjustable treatment rates.
- Lasting quality: Have the confidence that smoke markers will not return in your wine.
- Sustainability: Adopt a low-impact production process that uses regenerable polymers.
- Premium service: Be assured that Winesecrets and amaea, will deliver quality services with expertise and dedication.
“Developed to specifically capture the volatile phenols attributed to smoke, by using amaea’s system, winemakers will not only remove smoke impacts from their wine but reclaim value by being able to retain the varietal characteristics and body of the wine.” says Chief Revenue Officer, Jonathan Engle.
“This is a new step for remediating smoke impacted wine and by embarking on this partnership with Winesecrets, we are confident that together, we will help U.S. wineries achieve outstanding outcomes.”
“We are pleased to be partnering with amaea in this emerging area of selective molecular separation. This class of technologies will become a great new tool for the winemaker’s trade,” says President of Winesecrets, Eric Dahlberg.
To find out more about amaea’s molecular filtration technology for wine, visit their website.
About amaea
Working with winemakers for winemakers, amaea is a deep-technology organization focused on developing molecular filtration technology for the wine industry.
Available for use in the U.S., Canada and New Zealand, amaea have pioneered a smoke remediation capability focused on value recovery and sustainability.
Beyond smoke remediation, amaea are looking to extend their collaboration with Winesecrets to include providing winemakers with a sustainable alternative to fining, as well as wine stabilization capabilities.
Sebastopol, CA - February 23rd, 2023 - American Winesecrets, LLC. (Winesecrets), North America’s leading wine filtration company’s water recovery arm, Recovered Water Solutions (RWS) will be holding a “Water Recovery for Wine Producers” webinar on Thursday March 2nd, 2023 at 10am PST along with Summit Engineering’s Gina Giacone , P.E. – Principal & Division Manager of Water/Wastewater, who will give an update on the Winery Water Disposal General Order.
After a successful launch of Recovered Water Solutions at Unified Wine Symposium the novel utilization of our filtration technology into water recovery can be further unpacked to the general wine industry at the webinar.
Winesecrets President Eric Dahlberg “In our close relationships with wineries we are finding a need for wastewater recovery with the need for land to expand winery operations, the California Winery General Order and other ongoing California drought. We are excited to utilize existing technology in new ways as tools to combat climate uncertainty with Recovered Water Solutions. At the Webinar topics covered includes why water recovery, water risk, technology to bring the water back into the winery/for water vines and Q&A.”
Sign up for the webinar at our website https://recwatersolutions.com/post-2022-03-2-2-2/ to sign up for private link to the webinar as well as access to submit questions prior to the event.
To learn more about RWS, please contact RWS sales at 707-329-6411, or via email at carl@recwatersolutions.com. Visit Recovered Water Solutions on the web at www.recwatersolutions.com.